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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Act II of the Rotisserie Chicken

If you read last weeks post, you know I purchased one of those rotisserie chickens from my local supermarket for $4.99. I understand the price has gone up to $5.29 (.30 more). Still a good price for the amount of meals I made from that one little chicken. _______________________________________________________________________ I am cooking for one, so if there's more people to feed at your house, the chicken will not be as good a deal as it is for me. But even if you get 2 meals from it, it's roughly $2.50 a meal. I had at least four meals of chicken tortellini soup, three meals of chicken salad, and one meal of chicken quesadilla. That's eight meals from one little rotisserie chicken. About .63 a meal. _______________________________________________________________________ My recipe for chicken salad - I use only the white meat or breast portion - I shred that into a quart glass measuring bowl (with a cover). Dice a couple ribs of celery - a handful (1/3 cup) of halved grapes or white raisins - a handfull of chopped pecans. Mix that all together. Use enough mayonaise (I use light) to moisten the salad. Before mixing the mayonaise through the salad, I add a sprinkle or two of curry powder to the mayo. In the picture, I have served the chicken salad in a toast cup. But it can also be served on a lettuce leaf or in a sandwich. _____________________________________________________________________ For the toast cup, I buttered both sides of a piece of white bread, put it in a ramekin sprayed with Pam, into a 400 degree over for about 10 minutes.

8 comments:

  1. That salad looks yummy - what a good idea!

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  2. YUM!! I know the chicken you are talking about and the store too...they are really good. I usually can't decide which "flavor" to get!

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  3. ummmmm my mouth is watering! Definitely want to try this . .looks so good!!! :)

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  4. That sounds super yummy! I was so glad you added the pecans!

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  5. Rita - that chicken salad sounds and looks delish!
    You are so resourceful!

    ♥♥♥
    Sue

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  6. This is great, Rita. I had to go back and read Act 1 as I missed that last week. I always get at least two meals from one of those chickens for my family of 3. I always make broth with the carcass and use whatever meat is left for soup with the broth--even though our local store sells the smallest little chickens.

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  7. I love to use curry powder with my chicken salad as well.

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